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Todd May, a philosophy professor at Clemson University, recently wrote an opinion piece for the New York Times entitled “Would Human Extinction be a Tragedy?” and it can be found here. A few snippets from the article:

There are stirrings of discussion these days in philosophical circles about the prospect of human extinction. This should not be surprising, given the increasingly threatening predations of climate change. In reflecting on this question, I want to suggest an answer to a single question, one that hardly covers the whole philosophical territory but is an important aspect of it. Would human extinction be a tragedy?

To get a bead on this question, let me distinguish it from a couple of other related questions. I’m not asking whether the experience of humans coming to an end would be a bad thing. (In these pages, Samuel Scheffler has given us an important reason to think that it would be.) I am also not asking whether human beings as a species deserve to die out. That is an important question, but would involve different considerations. Those questions, and others like them, need to be addressed if we are to come to a full moral assessment of the prospect of our demise. Yet what I am asking here is simply whether it would be a tragedy if the planet no longer contained human beings. And the answer I am going to give might seem puzzling at first. I want to suggest, at least tentatively, both that it would be a tragedy and that it might just be a good thing.

Not surprising that this kind of question would come from academic philosophers. Further down…

To make that case, let me start with a claim that I think will be at once depressing and, upon reflection, uncontroversial. Human beings are destroying large parts of the inhabitable earth and causing unimaginable suffering to many of the animals that inhabit it. This is happening through at least three means. First, human contribution to climate change is devastating ecosystems, as the recent article on Yellowstone Park in The Times exemplifies. Second, increasing human population is encroaching on ecosystems that would otherwise be intact. Third, factory farming fosters the creation of millions upon millions of animals for whom it offers nothing but suffering and misery before slaughtering them in often barbaric ways. There is no reason to think that those practices are going to diminish any time soon. Quite the opposite.

Humanity, then, is the source of devastation of the lives of conscious animals on a scale that is difficult to comprehend.

Ahhh, the old “science is settled” argument with global coolingglobal warming climate change. Think of the animals! And further…

So, then, how much suffering and death of nonhuman life would we be willing to countenance to save Shakespeare, our sciences and so forth? Unless we believe there is such a profound moral gap between the status of human and nonhuman animals, whatever reasonable answer we come up with will be well surpassed by the harm and suffering we inflict upon animals. There is just too much torment wreaked upon too many animals and too certain a prospect that this is going to continue and probably increase; it would overwhelm anything we might place on the other side of the ledger. Moreover, those among us who believe that there is such a gap should perhaps become more familiar with the richness of lives of many of our conscious fellow creatures. Our own science is revealing that richness to us, ironically giving us a reason to eliminate it along with our own continued existence.

One might ask here whether, given this view, it would also be a good thing for those of us who are currently here to end our lives in order to prevent further animal suffering. Although I do not have a final answer to this question, we should recognize that the case of future humans is very different from the case of currently existing humans. To demand of currently existing humans that they should end their lives would introduce significant suffering among those who have much to lose by dying. In contrast, preventing future humans from existing does not introduce such suffering, since those human beings will not exist and therefore not have lives to sacrifice. The two situations, then, are not analogous.

It may well be, then, that the extinction of humanity would make the world better off and yet would be a tragedy. I don’t want to say this for sure, since the issue is quite complex. But it certainly seems a live possibility, and that by itself disturbs me.

One thing that it seems only a few people recognize, Vox Day and Owen Benjamin, to name a couple, is that we living in the West are seeing a very concerted effort to remove Christianity from the very fabric of Western Civilization. As globalism continues to creep in this will only get worse as all of these far-left totalitarian ideologies try to remove Christ and push materialism above all.

Why does this matter? Watch the video above and the one at the end to see just a few of the effects. When Christ is removed from Western Civilization, things begin to crumble. Morality is questioned. The lines are blurred. We begin to accept worse and worse, more heinous things without even noticing it. Boys are told they can be girls and vice versa. Values are inverted. On top of this, there is no “higher” figure or idea to turn to for help, guidance, and hope. When Christ is removed it’s easy to see how one could view humans as no different or special or important than any animal. Often times when one removes Christ they also lose any sort of connection to their soul or looking at things beyond what we see and hear.

Maybe this sounds ludicrous or over the top to some people, but it’s a very real problem. Nietzsche understood this. He obviously wasn’t a devoted Christian but he recognized the potential peril of removing God. He was concerned what we’d replace Him with. And as he points out often times this leads to a road of nihilism. This take on nihilism sums it up nicely:

Nihilism, according to Nietzsche, is the most extreme form of pessimism. Put simply, it is the belief that everything is meaningless, but this oversimplifies the concept. Nihilism is a transitional stage that accompanies human development. It arises from weariness. When people feel alienated from values, and have lost the foundation of their value system but have not replaced it with anything, then they become nihilists. They become disappointed with the egoistic nature of ‘truth’ and ‘morality’ and so on, but at the same time recognise that what is egoistic is necessary. The notion of free will seems contradictory. Values, though originating from the ego, have been placed in a sphere so far outside and ‘above’ that they are untouchable. Any attempt to really figure out the ‘truth’ or posit a ‘true reality’ has become impossible, thus the world appears meaningless and valueless. The nihilist realises that all criteria by which the ‘real world’ have been measured are categories that refer to a fictitious, constructed world. This sense of alienation results in exhaustion.

That rings a little too true in 2018, yes?

Back to the article. Only in this kind of nihilistic world would one even consider questioning the value of humanity as the way he’s posited it. Christians obviously do not have this problem. Many religions do not, for that matter. It is not surprising that atheism is on the rise these days and that more people probably take the viewpoint of the author than one might think. This is an absolute inversion of values. And I suppose at this point this must be said: it is not healthy for one to think that wiping out one’s species is the best thing for them to do. That kind of self-destructive mentality is dangerous.

And yet we see it everywhere every day. I can think of at least one group of people who are encouraging the very policies that will have them wiped out from their own civilization.

What does this say about the current state of culture? Where a major “news” outlet is publishing opinion pieces like this. Don’t get me wrong, it’s entirely okay for them to do so. But I’m talking about the climate of our country where this doesn’t even shock people anymore and many will seriously consider this and wonder if maybe it really is a good thing? That shows how far the Cultural Marxism has seeped in. How far we’ve shifted to the left. Whether one is a Christian or not, it is undeniable that Christianity was a central pillar in building this Western society we now live in, and if you like what it has built it must be recognized that it cannot be removed without utter decline into decadence and ruin. Something to think about anyways this Christmas. What kind of society do you want to live in?

The video below was recently shared with me and it’s worth posting on here. This was one of those “Pulse of the People” episodes, entitled “Trump Voters Speak Out On His Presidency”. While some of the people put on were likely actual Trump voters, one for sure was not. Take a look for yourself. The TLDR version is this guy is staunchly against President Trump, always has been, and pretended to be a Trump voter to get onto TV because, as he says himself, likes to act and appear on television. A cursory look of his social media accounts by CNN would’ve easily uncovered this. They are either willfully ignorant or saw it and just plain ignored it. Either way this shows a stunning lack of even the most basic journalistic values of fact checking, and is more likely outright deception on the part of CNN, neither of which is acceptable by a so-called major “news” outlet. Given the fact that none of their mistakes ever go in favor of President Trump it’s more likely that they knew he was lying and put him on anyways to further their agenda.

It’s this level of blatant lying and disingenuousness to push an agenda that entirely justifies the notion that the legacy media is an enemy of the people. This is to drum up hate and discord. To make it appear as if more people hate President Trump than actually do. Couple this with the lies they peddle and omissions of good deeds done by the President and you have a situation where it’s clear they’re driving a specific narrative for their own benefit, not just objectively presenting the news, which everyone wants, and sadly many people think is still the case, so they blindly believe what they hear.

The MSM actions of this past week may be the easiest example to show to people how the mainstream media manipulates and outright lies to further their agenda and why we do not trust them. The video below is the perfect supplementary evidence you can provide as ammo to back up the point too. Watch the initial encounter first. Then watch the Paul Joseph Watson video, which InfoWars zoomed in at the point of contact to show the contact. The media took this as doctoring the video and lambasted the White House for posting a “doctored” video from InfoWars and used this as a rallying cry of sorts.

Objectively speaking, Jim Acosta was being completely disrespectful, rude, and unreasonable. He asked a question and President Trump answered it. He allowed one question and wanted to give other reporters a chance to ask one too. Jim continued to press a new question, interrupting, speaking over the President and other reporters, and knocked away the hand of the intern trying to take the mic away.

The White House then took away Jim Acosta’s hard pass, essentially for making contact with the intern. Though he should’ve had his pass revoked for his childish behavior overall. They then posted a video which was initially posted by InfoWars showing the incident and zooming in at the point of contact. The mainstream media, disingenuous as we know they are, decried that this was a doctored video that misrepresented the actual encounter. In reality, the video wasn’t doctored at all, but rather just a zoom in to show the contact to prove the White House was correct in their assessment.

This is why we hate the mainstream media. Consider the facts, watch for yourself, see how they reacted, and judge accordingly. The video was not doctored. Doctoring is changing or obscuring a video with the express purpose of misrepresenting what happened. This does not do that. If you play the videos side by side you can see they are the same exact speed (not sped up or slowed down to exaggerate contact) and the slight quality difference is due to compression of the video. That’s it. Notice how rather than chastise their own reporter, who was completely out of line, they try and put this on the President as if he is suppressing the press. To drive a narrative. And to wind up the crazies on the left who look for anything and everything to be mad at President Trump, whether it’s based in reality or pure fiction. If this isn’t clear cut proof to show how purposefully deceptive they are, how they peddle lies to drive their narrative, then I don’t know what is. Use this to show why we do not trust them. They simply do not, it seems cannot, objectively report events anymore. Everything they put out is through a lens to drive their agenda. And then they beam out this message to their NPCs who chirp the message to the NPC masses. Pull in the late night hosts to spread the lie too. Disgusting.

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended World War I. We now recognize this as Veteran’s Day and extend it to all who have served in our armed forces.

America would not be what it is without these brave men. It is not an exaggeration to say the world could very realistically have been overrun by far left political ideologies, whether it was Communism or National Socialism, without the aid of the United States. The victory of World War II may arguably be the height of American exceptionalism. Or one could argue perhaps our greatest height was when we put a man on the moon. All a distant dream without the bravery and sacrifice of millions of men. You can forget about the technological boom and the Internet age as well. For this we are eternally grateful.

It feels as though an apology is in order as well. The hard work, toil, and sacrifices of these men and of our ancestors has put us in a position never seen before in human history. We have access to previously unimaginable wealth and opportunity. But with this great potential comes great responsibility, and potential downfall. It can be too easy to become complacent. Lazy. Unappreciative. Forgetful. What have we done with the opportunity our ancestors have left for us? Would they be proud to see how our country has turned out? What we’ve done with it? What they died to protect?

One could make a very good argument that they would not be happy to see how it all turned out. What good is it to defend your country against potential invasion only to allow them to invade in another manner just one or two generations later with nary a fight? Or to allow the Constitution and the law to be so obfuscated that the original intent from the Founding Fathers is now completely up for reinterpretation? Or what about rewriting history entirely? Or to pretend this wasn’t a nation founded by God fearing men.

No. Today we take their sacrifices for granted. We’ve become far too comfortable. Comfortable to the point that we forget why armies and the threat of force are needed. So comfortable that in fact we even vilify these brave men and now women who are willing to fight and die for our freedoms. Even worse, some now even question what American exceptionalism is, and rather than fight for ideals such as free speech many think they know better and try to police it. We even look back at some of our greatest leaders and call them bigots, racist, evil. Statues are torn down. History is simply erased and forgotten, and the lessons that go along with it too.

The only way we will survive as a nation is if we start to fight back. We’ve tried acceptance of any and all ideas. Of multiculturalism instead of assimilation. It doesn’t work. They cry for tolerance and acceptance, and when we give it to them they turn it on us and try to vilify us. Or shame us into thinking we shouldn’t be proud of our ancestry or our country. These evil forces need to be squelched out and stopped completely. Total victory, not tolerance, appears to be the only way to stem the tide. We’ve practiced appeasement rather than deterrence in the cultural war for far too long. It hasn’t worked. Victor Davis Hanson wrote a great piece recently on the anniversary and had this to say which I think fits in nicely:

What can we learn from the failed armistice of 1918?

Keeping the peace is sometimes even more difficult than winning a war.

For an enemy to accept defeat, it must be forced to understand why it lost, suffer the consequences of its aggressions—and only then be shown magnanimity and given help to rebuild.

Losers of a war cannot pick and choose when to quit fighting in enemy territory.

Had the Allies continued their offensives in the fall of 1918 and invaded Germany, the peace that followed might have more closely resembled the unconditional surrender and agreements that ended WWII, leading to far more than just 20 years of subsequent European calm.

Deterrence prevents war.

If we continue to begrudgingly accept these toxic ideologies and ideas coming from the left, rather than fight hard and hit hard back against them, the end result will turn out much worse than the comparably minimal pain of stopping it in its tracks right away. It’s much harder to deport somebody once they’ve embedded themselves into this country than turn them away at the border. Or to put a hard foot down on the atrocities they try to put into children’s programming, or how they try to program our children in school. Obamacare became much harder to stop once it was written into law.

There can be no more compromise. The left has shown their true colors far too often for us to be fooled by it anymore. We have to push back and give no quarter. Now is our best shot. We have a man in office more willing than perhaps any president of the past 100+ years to take a stand and also be big enough to be able to withstand the pressure the mainstream media and swamp throw at him. He cannot do it alone. Nor should he have to. Let us do our part to make our ancestors proud, and to leave future generations better off and with a shot at the American dream as it was once imagined. What an utter shame it would be to throw it all away in the name of multiculturalism, or virtue signaling, or whatever other guilt they try to foist on us.

This isn’t much a news flash to anyone who reads this site. At least how the official narrative of diversity goes. In reality WE are the preservers of diversity. We want to preserve each culture and group of people separately, enjoy each culture as they are and celebrate them, not mash them all together into one giant mess. When I go to Japan, I want to experience Japanese culture. Not globalism every-country-is-the-same culture. Jared Taylor of American Renaissance did a wonderful video on this recently. Find it below. Mr Taylor is often incorrectly labeled as a white supremacist, even though he speaks fluent Japanese and continually reminds us how much better certain groups of Asians perform better than whites, amongst myriad other examples.

In a time when civil discourse is becoming harder to have with those of differing opinions, it is more important now than ever to spread these ideas. We are so very close to all out civil war. The divide continues to grow. We need to continue to foster dialogue with the left before it descends into violence. If it’s even possible at this point.